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Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Anna Sui Sample Collection Stolen in NYC
By Marc Karimzadeh
NEW YORK — A significant portion of Anna Sui's spring 2006 sample collection was stolen late Monday afternoon as it was being loaded into a truck for the Fashion Coterie show.
The theft took place at Eighth Avenue and 39th Street, where the truck was positioned. Typically, the company would have parked the truck in front of its headquarters at 250 West 39th Street, but because the area was teeming with vans and dressing rooms for the filming of "The Devil Wears Prada," Sui executives decided it would be better to move the truck down the block.
The lion's share of the stolen merchandise was from Sui's February delivery, which is the first for spring and typically the designer's largest of the season. Pieces from the March, April and May deliveries are also missing. This was the only sample collection. It was to be presented in the designer's showroom, at the Coterie and in Paris early next month.
Now Sui is left scrambling to reproduce the samples, and Pellegrino conceded that it will be nearly impossible to re-create many of the pieces at such short notice. However, he said: "I think there are ways to show the collection. Efforts will be made to show it with line sheets we have and swatches of fabrics. We also have the tape from the fashion show that depicts the looks."
excerpt from wwd.com
Anna Sui Sample Collection Stolen in NYC
By Marc Karimzadeh
NEW YORK — A significant portion of Anna Sui's spring 2006 sample collection was stolen late Monday afternoon as it was being loaded into a truck for the Fashion Coterie show.
The theft took place at Eighth Avenue and 39th Street, where the truck was positioned. Typically, the company would have parked the truck in front of its headquarters at 250 West 39th Street, but because the area was teeming with vans and dressing rooms for the filming of "The Devil Wears Prada," Sui executives decided it would be better to move the truck down the block.
The lion's share of the stolen merchandise was from Sui's February delivery, which is the first for spring and typically the designer's largest of the season. Pieces from the March, April and May deliveries are also missing. This was the only sample collection. It was to be presented in the designer's showroom, at the Coterie and in Paris early next month.
Now Sui is left scrambling to reproduce the samples, and Pellegrino conceded that it will be nearly impossible to re-create many of the pieces at such short notice. However, he said: "I think there are ways to show the collection. Efforts will be made to show it with line sheets we have and swatches of fabrics. We also have the tape from the fashion show that depicts the looks."
excerpt from wwd.com
How sad!!! Why couldn't they have stolen something that sucked ... 
